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  • Old Shame: The "Al Jolson schtick," where they dressed up like racist caricatures including afros and Blackface. Thankfully, this gimmick was quickly ditched in favor of their famous homoerotic biker look.
    Thomas "Happy Tom" Seltzer: So there we were backstage with our black faces and wigs and little hats, smoking pot with our all-time heroes, the Bad Brains, and the absurdity just didn't cross our minds. I mean, those guys didn't mention it, they were probably just embarrassed on our behalf.

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